SMITH, Benjamin

1813 - 1867  (54 years)

• Name	SMITH, Benjamin
  Birth	29 Mar 1813	Longcot, Berkshire, England   [1]
  	29 March 1813 according to England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 available on Family Search. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N82P-3D8 This contradicts the year from the tombstone.
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1282
  Death	27 Sep 1867	Travellers Rest, South Wairoa. (Ardmore.)   [1, 2]
  Burial	Abt 30 Sep 1867	Symonds St Cemetery   [3]
  	Symonds Street Cemetery Records Your search found 1 records [1 of 1] Abstract According to the late 1950's tombstone transcriptions Benjamin Smith was born 29 March 1814 and died 27 September 1867, his wife Martha Smith was born 1 November 1816 and died 26 or 28 January 1891, William Benjamin Smith(husband of Amelia Smith) died 16 February 1903 aged 63 years and is buried with daughters Beatrice and Edith Smith. A note has that William Benjamin Smith was born 29 April 1839. The St Paul's register has Benjamin Smith buried 29 September 1867 aged 53 years of Papakura. The Suffrage Centennial Women's Register has Martha Smith (nee Nevy or Neavey) died 26 January 1891 and buried in the Anglican section. The New Zealand Herald of 27\1\1891 has Martha Smith died 26 January 1891 aged 74 years, relict of Benjamin Smith, and buried 29 January 1891. The New Zealand Herald of 18\2\1903 has William Benjamin Smith died 16 February 1903 aged 63 years, eldest son of the late Benjamin Smith, and buried 18 February 1903 in Symonds Street Cemetery. Subjects Smith, Benjamin, 1814 - 1867; Smith, Martha (nee Nevy [Neavey]), 1815 - 1891; Smith, William Benjamin,1839-1903; Smith, Amelia; Smith, Beatrice; Smith, Edith Notes: The Photographs at Auckland City Libraries of the TOMBSTONE in the Anglican section at D\BOUNDARY WALL of January 1995 (Neg. Nos 46689\J\3-6) have "Sacred to the memory of Benjamin Smith born 29 ... 1814 died ... 1867 ... , also Martha Smith, wife of the above, born 4 May 1816 died 26 ... 1891 ..." and "Sacred to the memory of William Benjamin Smith, beloved husband of Amelia Smith, who died Feb 16th 1903 aged 63 years, gone but not forgotten, also of daughters Beatrice and Edith [NO PHOTOGRAPH]". The Anglican memorial of removed graves has William Benjamin died 16 February 1903,Beatrice, Edith, Benjamin and Martha. The Photographs at Auckland City Libraries of the TOMBSTONE in the Anglican section at D\BOUNDARY WALL of January 1995 (Neg. Nos 46689\G\2-4) have "Sacred in the memory William Benjamin Smith, beloved husband of Amelia Smith, who died Feb 16th 1903 aged 63 years, gone but not forgotten, Betrice and Edith". Copied from the Auckland City Libraries/ Family History Databases/ Symonds Street Cemetery/ Search for Benjamin Smith. 6 Sep 2002.
  Person ID	I1282	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	SMITH, William,   b. 1767, Berkshire d. 1851, Longcot, Berkshire (Age 84 years)
  Mother	FRANKLIN, Temperance,   b. 1774, Longcot, Berkshire d. 1846, Longcot, Berkshire (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1793	Longcot, Berkshire, England
  	England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription obtained from FindMyPast
  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	NEAVY, Martha,   b. 01 May 1815, Woolwich, London d. 26 Jan 1891, Auckland (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1837	Kangaroo Island, South Australia   [4]
  Children	+ 1. SMITH, William Benjamin,   b. 29 Apr 1839, Adelaide. d. 16 Feb 1903, Grey Lynn (Age 63 years) + 2. SMITH, Peter John Lewin,   b. 21 May 1841, On board the 'Katherine Stewart Forbes' d. 28 Apr 1921, Auckland (Age 79 years) + 3. SMITH, Ezra,   b. 19 Jul 1843, Auckland d. 11 Aug 1927, Gisborne (Age 84 years)   4. SMITH, Mary Anne,   b. 11 Nov 1847, Auckland d. 14 Sep 1923, Ponsonby (Age 75 years) + 5. SMITH, Walter,   b. 30 Oct 1845, Auckland d. 15 Nov 1924, Auckland (Age 79 years)   6. SMITH, Priscilla,   b. 23 Mar 1850, on the vessel 'Gloucester', en route California d. 15 May 1932, Ponsonby (Age 82 years) + 7. SMITH, John Benjamin,   b. 1 Oct 1854, Clevedon d. 01 Dec 1936, Auckland Hospital. (Age 82 years) + 8. SMITH, Jane,   b. 23 Sep 1857, Traveller's Rest, Wairoa South d. 02 Aug 1944, Wairoa (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2012

  
  

• Notes

  in the family: JM (Jessica Morrison's ms book) 3. From Longcot, Berkshire. JM 11. Living at Waymouth St, Adelaide,1839. JM 22. Returned to Longcot. 'Carpenter'. Left 5 Feb 1841, arrived Port Nicholson 11 June 1841. 1854, Ardmore. Auckland City 842. (JM 30). Purchased a section in Albert St. May 1850, in San Francisco. To England, then to Sydney and NZ, 23 Mar 1853. Durham St, Auckland. Travellers Rest, 222 acres. JM 48. Arrived Adelaide on Brig 'William Hutt' - Bee's letter of 23 Nov 1973. From "The Brown Frontier" by C.W. Vennell, Chapter 9 "The Boy on the Grey Horse" "The inn, kept by an adventurous character named Benjamin Smith, had been fortified with three-inch planks loopholed opposite the windows for rifle fire. But while it might provide rest, and perhaps protection, for the living, there was no rest there for the dead. Mrs Smith would have no bodies in her establishment, although her son did say that they might leave Hamlin's remains in a back shed." (Raewyn) The Benjamin and Martha Smith story: https://bensmith.falkor.gen.nz

  
  

• Sources

  [S317] Ak Pub Lib, Family History Database, Symonds St Cemetery, s.v. Smith, Benjamin. [S257] Jessica Morrison, Ben and Martha History, p 3, 70. [S257] Jessica Morrison, Ben and Martha History, p. 72. [S257] Jessica Morrison, Ben and Martha History, p. 18.